as vladimir putin announced a major escalation in the war in ukraine. this all happening overnight calling up reservists and threatening a possible nuclear response as he suffers major setbacks on the battlefield, and in the geopolitical landscape. plus, the latest in the trump documents case as it goes before the special master, the former president s attorneys refuse to back up their claim that trump declassified the documents before taking them to his club in florida. we ll have the reaction from the judge and it is quite telling. also, the attorney general of new york is set to make a major aa nounsa-of- announce. we ll discuss what that announcement might be. and new developments in the story of the migrants flown to martha s vineyard with some sent to the massachusetts island now filing a class action lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. we ll have all of the details on that. with us, host of way too early, jonathan lemire. and former aide of the geo
plan to go on the offensive when it comes to voting rights. tim walsh, minnesota s governor, will join us to tell us how he s asked his fellow democrats to, quote, think big and the lateston the war i ukraine as daring new drone strikes are attempting to hit deep inside russia and a captivating look at photos from a year of war in ukraine. we begin with the holiday travel chaos that continues to plague countless travelers as more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week, and thousands more have been delayed. southwest airlines unsurprisingly by far the most disrupted carrier. in the last five days it s canceled about 8,000 flights according to flightaware southwest operating one-third of its schedule in the next two days in an effort to recover but warned that the reduced schedule could be extended further. it also stems from that major winter storm that impacted much of the nation over the holiday parts of the united states are still under multiple feet
thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those comme
incumbent republican brian kemp and democrat staibians who lost by the tiniest of margins and is running unopposed in the primary. from what we ve seen so far in the political ads, stacey abrams is the star of the show, all the republican candidates, no matter what office they are running for are talking about you. how dare you, stacey abrams atapping butch miller for writing a law against transgender boys competing in boys sports. chris carr, georgia s conservative attorney general, he s taken on president biden and stacey abrams. stacey abrams and the liberal mob forced the all-star game to move. stacey abrams and the media, they all came after us. we ve got to keep stacey abrams from becoming our governor and our next president. wow, it will be up to the next governor to stand up to the big lie, and there are plenty of republicans pushing that farce, including in the races for senate and secretary of state. in the race for the republican nomination for governor f
but you know, there are some people who are now even republicans who are saying, look, something has to be done. we have to do something. in fact, in texas state, something interesting happened. because as you know, two republicans joined with democrats to, now again, this is procedural, but they did vote out of committee, a bill that wants to raise the gun purchasing age in texas from 18 to 21. so, that doesn t mean that they are going to vote for it on the floor. that doesn t mean it s gonna pass on the floor of the state house. but they voted it out of committee, so that is the first step. it s a small victory for the families in uvalde, and families of mass shooting victims. to have this, because in texas, they, the idea that they got this far. the fact they fought so hard to get this is so meaningful. so, the families involved in lobbying for this? the uvalde families are front and center. they were there testifying. i was there a couple weeks ago, i mean, heart wrenching